William Shamhart - Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA

Professor: William Shamhart

Department: Mathematics

College: Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

William Shamhart is a approachable and friendly professor. Hes really passionate and brings energy when teaching statistics. However, there are times when his lectures are very fast paced and unspecific. His test reviews actually help for preparation for the exams.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT136
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Nice person but doesn't know how to teach. Due dates for homework and quizzes are clear in the beginning, and then get super messy later. We had a group project and he was never really clear about when things were due. Don't take his class if you want to learn or want to pass. People are dropping like flies from his class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT136
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a very nice professor.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor! Offers plenty of opportunities for you to work in class. For one on one help go to his office hours. Super helpful!!!!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH130
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Terrible teacher! He goes through 3 problems from the text and then your on your own. He does a terrible job of explaining and when you ask a question when you don't understand his acts like there must be something wrong with you for not getting it the first time. Get ready to teach yourself. That's why his classes always stay open, last resort!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Cant Teach, we had to teach ourselves the material. He kinda makes you feel dumb when you ask certain questions. Gave so much homework and then the tests had different types of problems he had not taught before. I struggled so much i had to drop the class

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Ill start by saying that math is not my forte. Took stats during summer. Super crazy fast pace, a ton of homework (3-5 hours per night), formulas galore, no time for questions during class. Mid semester i had a D, decided to watch youtube examples of statscrunch and studied hard and pulled off a B by the end of the course. Hes a nice guy, but...

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Horrible, he sucks at teaching I got a D in his class and retook with another professor which made me love math again and understand it completely. All he did was assign us tons of homework on WebAssign that asked completely different questions than the ones on his tests.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's really nice, but he can't teach. I learned off of the website we used and Youtube. Tests are really hard if you didn't spend hours studying. The homework was overwhelming and I stayed up late to finish each time.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT136
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Shamhart is genuinely caring. Homework took a lot of time but we used MyStatsLab which was SO helpful. He goes out of his way to make sure his students know the material and he definitely wants you to pass. He rounds to the nearest grade it seems. He works well with/for the students and I'd definitely take him again, best stats professor!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Shamhart is a Math professor that I would take again in a heartbeat. Expect a lot of homework, but if you have any question, he is patience and will gladly work with you during his office hours. He has a great positive energy and incentives his student to not give up. For HW, he uses Webassign, which I like, and It has been very helpful to me.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

homework are online and time consuming. He takes role but the lectures are not helpful because they are confusing, has hard time explaining questions and often classmates interrupt the professor to help explain concepts to classmates. The tests are okay if you taught yourself the material.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

seriously if u know math better than english take him ull have an A for 100%

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Gives WAY too much homework and barely gives any points for them, it is a very fast pace class. All homework's are due online which makes it much harder and takes more time. You will need to put in a lot of effort to pass. Also you need to find time to study for tests separate from doing 8-10 hours of homework a week.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Prof. Shamhart is an amazing statstics teach. i took him during the dreaded condensed summer and i passed with an A! as long as you attend class everyday, and follow him through the examples(he goes thru alot for good practice)u should be fine. dont sweat so much about fully understanding the material. after practicing it several times u will learn

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He's teaching can be confusing. Sometimes he teaches so clear. Most of the time I find teaching myself. Definetely don't take him summer nor winter. He's test are one after another. Very little time to study. Just safe yourself some time and money and don't ever take this professor.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Statistics is not an easy class, but Professor Shamhart is willing to put in the extra time to answer all questions you may have. Just make sure you don't fall behind and make sure to ask questions when he asks the class if you have any questions or you're screwed. Took him for Summer and he gave us a total of 4 exams and 1 final. Take his class!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH145
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Mr. Shamhart was a great teacher. This was a hybrid class but he tried his best to communicate with students when we didn't have class. He was very helpful and always answered my questions and emails. Plus his grading scale is beyond reasonable. I only wish this would have been a regular class instead of a hybrid. Take him, he's great!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is kind of boring and its easy to doze off in his class BUT he grades fairly and is very helpful if you ask him questions. I Really liked him because he always asks if we understand him but its the students who never say anything so you have to speak up in his class if not then thats your problem. GOOD LUCK =)

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH136
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

DON'T TAKE HIM FOR STATS. HE BASICALLY REGURGITATES WHAT THE BOOK SAYS AND GIVES THE MOST CONVOLUTED ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. HAS A HARD TIME CONVEYING ABSTRACT CONCEPTS.